it was flat. there was no reaction. his wife, shelley, was there. she began crying quietly. we looked over and it was noticeably obvious that trayvon martin s parents, who had been there throughout, tracy martin and sybrina fulton, were not there. yeah, and i talked to darrell parks, the attorney for the martin family. he said that was a predetermined thing, that they decided in advance they wouldn t be there for that. they did make statements on twitter. right. they have. they ve spoken out, essentially. i m paraphrasing very quickly here, but what they said was their faith or their hearts were broken but their faith has not been broken. they reiterated something they have maintained throughout. that is they asked for public calm. it was their legal team that sort of did the speaking for them. here s what they said afterwards. first and foremost, on behalf of tracy martin and sybrina fulton, who are just heartbroken, really, right now,
moment. right, yeah. when you looked at his face, i wasn t even sure he had heard it quite clearly. it was flat. there was no reaction. his wife, shelley, was there. she began crying quietly. we looked over and it was noticeably obvious that trayvon martin s parents, who had been there throughout, tracy martin and sybrina fulton, were not there. yeah, and i talked to darrell parks, the attorney for the martin family. he said that was a predetermined thing, that they decided in advance they wouldn t be there for that. they did make statements on twitter. right. they have. they ve spoken out, essentially. i m paraphrasing very quickly here, but what they said was their faith or their hearts were broken but their faith has not been broken. they reiterated something they have maintained throughout.
we ask them to remain very calm. trayvon s legacy is living on in what he stands for, his name stands for, is far bigger than george zimmerman s acquittal. and so they should remain calm. we should work to make america a bigger and brighter country. and all the good things that our country stands for. chris: mr. parks, i want to thank you for joining us on what clearly has to be a disappointing day for you. please extend to the martin family, regardless of how you felt about this trial, our thoughts and our prayers for them on the loss of trayvon martin. thank you so much, sir. thank you. good morning. chris: now to the showdown over immigration. the senate spent months working on and then performance-enhancing a bipartisan reform package, but this week house republicans made it clear they plan to deal with immigration on their own terms. joining us now republican congressman steve king of iowa, who calls the senate plan amnesty, and in new york,
that. do you know what factors? can you say what factors would go into it? number one, it s a far lesser standard. number two, when you think about possible defendants, you size them up and determine where they stand. unlike the lawyers who tried this case who do marital and criminal law, we are civil lawyers. so i do this day in and day out. we ll size up and determine, is it worthwhile for us to do it, how we should do, and when we should do it. darrell parks, appreciate your time. thank you. thank you, sir. quick programming note. you can see more of chris cuomo s interview with mark o mara tomorrow morning on new day from 6:00 to 9:00 a.m. eastern on cnn. up next, in the aftermath of the polarizing case, we re going to take a look at the kind of life george zimmerman now faces and why he may be looking over his shoulder for a long time. [ female announcer ] last day, deb.
attitudes, mistaken beliefs, and stereotypes that serve as the basis for these two common incidents. joining us now from orlando, florida, is darrell parks, an attorney for the martin family. good afternoon, sir. good afternoon. we heard eric hold they are afternoon renew not only the federal investigation into this case but also the call for dialogue and he urged everyone to follow the example of greats and dignity of trayvon s parents. what is their reaction today to the attorney general s comments? well, obviously, they are encouraged by what he said and certainly after this weekend and not being able to get full justice from jury trial there in sanford, and then for the public to respond to the jury s decision. our federal government was really left with no choice but